Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini.
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yup - I turned all that crap off as soon as I found out I could do so and **then** when I started getting those screen nags I went back and rechecked my settings: all the smart
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and this is why I am going back to the 1990's style email server, spool, and a terminal window client that reads text. Just like the old Unix days as K&R intended.
bring back Eudora!!!
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@briankrebs You get the same type nag notification, with the elusive and unclear button naming and choices, for other Google products, like Photos and Home, when they add Gemini features. @MsMerope @kahomono
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Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?
@briankrebs I recently got a business email using a term that is a notorious red flag lawsuit bait. I emailed the sender to politely point it out. They were horrified and admitted AI re-wrote it when they asked AI to make it 'more approachable, nicer.' They forgot to add "and 100% compliant with all laws and regulations."
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and this is why I am going back to the 1990's style email server, spool, and a terminal window client that reads text. Just like the old Unix days as K&R intended.
@dianea @briankrebs Text only is the way. I was actually talking about the benefits of reading text only email with a friend whose company wanted better formatting in their html based emails. Yeah. Fuck that, text lines up perfectly and doesn’t need anything fancy. Simple does not mean deprecated or useless.
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Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?
@briankrebs no the X must be a "ask me again tomorrow "
Continue mean enable it but do not make a demo,
Try it now is enable it and make a demo
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Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?
@briankrebs I like the humaning part, where my brain has to do things. So GFY, Gemini.
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@briankrebs no the X must be a "ask me again tomorrow "
Continue mean enable it but do not make a demo,
Try it now is enable it and make a demo
@lexinova @briankrebs
All that little X means is "Hide this dialog"!It has no bearing on the contents of that dialog.
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@lexinova @briankrebs
All that little X means is "Hide this dialog"!It has no bearing on the contents of that dialog.
@HereToChewGum @briankrebs in my case it was a sarcasm, to say their : Maybe / Yes / Yes is a dark pattern
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Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?
at least they're honest that it composes "confidently", not "correctly"...
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@HereToChewGum @briankrebs in my case it was a sarcasm, to say their : Maybe / Yes / Yes is a dark pattern
You could be inadvertently right tho. It can mean any of those depending in the case.
If I click on a result from a search engine and I get confronted by a similarly confusing dialog I never know which opton to take.
So recently I have been choosing to just close the tab...
It would be nice to have a R-click menu option to block that domain from the results of future searches.Is there an add-on for that?
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@briankrebs You get the same type nag notification, with the elusive and unclear button naming and choices, for other Google products, like Photos and Home, when they add Gemini features. @MsMerope @kahomono
ugh... fortunately I have to use gmail. Both work and the volunteer group I help run use gmail.
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@briankrebs I recently got a business email using a term that is a notorious red flag lawsuit bait. I emailed the sender to politely point it out. They were horrified and admitted AI re-wrote it when they asked AI to make it 'more approachable, nicer.' They forgot to add "and 100% compliant with all laws and regulations."
@pattykimura @briankrebs out of curiosity, i'm curious what the term was?
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Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?
@briankrebs I started getting these today, on my "business" account (family) the drive to upgrade to a better version has been going on for months.
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bring back Eudora!!!
@MsMerope @dianea @briankrebs thunderbird is still around
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@MsMerope @dianea @briankrebs thunderbird is still around
@ravenonthill @dianea @briankrebs
It might be nap time
I wacky parsed that as: -
Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?
@briankrebs this is why I switched to Fastmail. Google's not going to stop pushing Gmail in unfortunate directions until they have a completely different promotion culture.
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Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?
@briankrebs The concept is wild, are you confident or do you need help writing the email?
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Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?
@briankrebs classic tech "innovation," tactic. If they don't want it... Force them to use it.
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Continue, or "try it now" a popup from Gmail now asks, offering to compose your next message with Gemini. I guess the tiny "x" is the "fuck no" button?
@briankrebs I have smart features & personalization disabled to turn off Gemini and I STILL get this message. Evil.
